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Compass Club by Coillte - An After School Programme

Compass Club by Coillte - An After School programme gives children a foundation in outdoor skills and activity from the age of 6 to 12. Running one day a week (over 6 weeks), courses are available throughout the school year, so even if you miss one there’ll be another starting soon after.

As well as a world of fun and friendship, afternoons filled with exciting, interesting outdoor activities that they will want to do over and over again, when you sign your child up to Compass Club, you are joining an activity that is built with Strengths Based Education principles interwoven throughout. For parents, this means that you are confident in the knowledge that the CompassClub team will be focused on your child’s strengths and bringing them to life, not on controlling, commanding or corralling your child. We can do this because we only operate with small groups of children in each of our After School courses.

With this focus it means that we are always looking for the positives and the strengths in your child so we’re always in encouragement and engagement mode.

Kids today get enough heavily structured activities, with loads of rules and directions and as a result they are losing the ability to responsibly think and do things for themselves like their parents had to. With Compass Club kids develop a sense of responsibility in a structured, broad way as we demonstrate, encourage and involve kids in how to be responsible for themselves and others while having fun and then we empower them to do just that! And, they absolutely love it!

Log on to our website now to find your local course.

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A very talented young artist Keisha McCann from Castleblayney has won 1st place in All Ireland Credit Union Art Competition. At the presentation which took place in Croke Park, Keisha was presented with a cash prize by broadcasting legend Marty Whelan.

This was a great achievement as a huge 30,000 entries were received for the annual All Ireland Art Competition, now in its 34th year.

The competition is about encouraging and rewarding self-expression, creativity and imagination among young artists throughout Ireland.

The Energy Show event organised by Castleblayney Sustainable Energy Group will take place in the Íontas Centre on 22nd February from 5pm to 9pm. The Energy show is free of charge and is open to public.

The aim of the event is to help homeowners and small businesses save energy and money at the time of rising energy prices. On the night many local businesses will showcase the products and services including insolation, energy controls, solar energy, wood burning appliances, heat pumps, energy efficient lighting and electric cars. It is expected to have 25 exhibition stands at the event.

There will be a number of informative talks for homeowners and one for small businesses is also being planned.

Information on grants for homeowners will also be available.

The Energy Show is supported by SEAI and Monaghan Council. For more information please contact Helen Martin at the Íontas Centre on: 042 9753400 (Wednesday-Friday) or email: castleblayneyenergy@gmail.com

The Blackhill GAA Social Club will be holding a Pancake Day fundraiser on Tuesday 13th February from 9am to 9pm in the Blackhill GFC. There will be plenty of delicious pancakes, bric & brac sale, a raffle and a special guest appearance from Margo.

All proceeds raised will go to three charities: Castleblayney Cancer Society Motor Neurone Down Syndrome